Latin

Alternative forms

• adfectiō

Noun

affectiō f ‎(genitive affectiōnis); third declension

1. The relation or disposition towards something produced in a person.
2. A change in the state of the body or mind of a person; feeling, emotion.
3. Love, affection or good will towards somebody.
4. Will, volition, inclination.

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: affection, aficionado
• French: affection
• Italian: affezione
• Portuguese: afeição
• Spanish: aficionado

References

• affectio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• AFFECTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “affectio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a good constitution: firma corporis constitutio or affectio
    
  • humour; disposition: animi affectio or habitus (De Inv. 2. 5)